YOUR INVENTION CHANGED THE WORLD OF NAVIGATION-TRANSLATION
Who was this character and how did his invention revolutionize the world of navigation at the time?
John Harrison was born in Foulby, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on April 3, 1693. He was Carpenter and Watchmaker, a friend from his childhood, who may be the oldest of five brothers and, apparently, during A smallpox attack at six years of age that forced him to stay in bed for a while was when he began to move and take over the watchmaking mechanisms, however this is only a theory because the watches at the time only it had wealthy people.
He married at age 25, had his first child and his mother died when the child was six years old, half a year later he remarried and had two children, but again his eldest son died at age 18.
Although important things have not been done in his life as a carpenter in his first 30 years, it is known that he finished his first pendulum clock in 1713, before turning 20 years old. This instrument was made by many about the subject, that is why it is known as a self-taught because of its great ability to create things.
The watch can be seen today in a showcase of the Museum of the Watchmakers Guildhall in Guildhall (London).
But now let's talk about how his invention changed the world of navigation at the time and how many lives were saved.
For many years a solution has been sought in order to know the position of the length of a ship, with the aim of knowing the length that is essential for the safe navigation of the ships.
This problem is so important that the parliament offered a reward of £ 20,000 to the first person who provided a solution to the serious problem that many ships are wrecked by not knowing the course and therefore many lives were lost at sea.
That's where our main character, Mr. John Harrison.
If the invention is ready to develop a marine clock capable of combining fluctuations in temperature and air pressure, it can maintain a very close time for a long time.
For this I dedicate 31 years of his life to his development, starting with the H-1 version. To achieve this he incorporated the roller, wooden wheels and two scales with dumbbells together. After receiving approval from the Royal Society, his first offshore test was conducted on a route in Lisbon and was a success, with Harrison's clock weighing 34 kilos, accurately predicting the length compared to the old methods that they did it 60 miles away.
His invention, however, not enough for the British Parliament. So he had to work on other versions, H-2 and H-3 coming to light, although they never reached the success of the first one, so around 1750 Harrison abandoned his ambitious project and started working on a more marine clock little.
Harrison created a new advanced and more compact model of marine clock, the H4. In the first test on a route to Jamaica made by his son, his marine clock turned out to be very precise, with only 5.1 seconds of delay, although the jury of the British Parliament continued without granting him the pursued economic prize arguing that the result could be due to good luck.
So after other tests came the H-5 version, it turned out to be precise and more manageable than the previous models, but again the Parliament was reluctant to grant him the prize. However, with the help of King George III and when he was already 80 years old, he was awarded 8,750 pounds in prize money, but the entire award was never given to anyone.
Harrison's work is rewarded when his watches began to be used for navigation due to the precision they were and thus in this way saved many lives.
John Harrison died on March 24, 1776 at age 82 and was buried in Hampstead.
The reflection I can draw from this article is that not everyone will value your work at a certain time, but that does not mean that what you do does not positively influence others, that is why sooner or later We will see the rewards for the hard work we do.
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